85R10373 SMT-D
By: Longoria H.B. No. 2511
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disqualification of certain temporary employees for
unemployment compensation benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 207.045(h), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(h) A temporary employee of a temporary help firm is
considered to have left the employee's last work voluntarily
without good cause connected with the work if the temporary
employee failed, without good cause, to [does not] contact the
temporary help firm for reassignment on completion of an
assignment. A temporary employee is not considered to have left
work voluntarily without good cause connected with the work under
this subsection unless the temporary employee has been advised:
(1) that the temporary employee is obligated to
contact the temporary help firm on completion of assignments; and
(2) that unemployment benefits may be denied if the
temporary employee fails to do so.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a claim for unemployment compensation benefits filed with the
Texas Workforce Commission on or after the effective date of this
Act. A claim filed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the claim was filed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.